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U.S. LCTs (Landing Craft Tank) and LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) underway off the coast of Licata during World War II.
A United States invasion convoy off the coast of Licata, Sicily during World War II. LCTs (Landing Craft Tank) and LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) underway in a choppy sea. A sailor at a signal light aboard a Navy ship sends a message to another ship.
Damage in the port of Messina, from U.S. bombing during World War II
U.S. soldiers in bomb-damaged port facilities at Messina, Sicily, during World War 2. A U.S. Army Technical Sergeant wearing a holstered sidearm, walks past an overturned railroad locomotive. He stops and picks up an abandoned Italian Breda 30 light machine gun. He checks the weapon's action and holds it up in firing position. Another U.S. soldier rummages amongst abandoned Italian small arms. The Tech Sergeant climbs aboard an abandoned port utility tug vehicle. The camera focuses on the side profile of the vehicle. A crane on a railway is seen near a damaged ship. Chunks of concrete pier are seen and damaged port machinery. A small fire burns at the base of a hill near a rail line at the port.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Operation Husky. Convoy UGF.9 underway in World War II
View forward of Destroyer USS Nelson, DD-623, as her bow plunges into swells with water coming over the entire deck.Glimpse of mattress in sailors berth. A convoy of ships including troop ships and warships underway in the Atlantic, during World War 2. Officers and sailor, in foul weather gear, on deck of the destroyer, USS Nelson. Sunlight breaking through the clouds over the Atlantic ocean. Some specific images include: Time 01:34 to 02:05 fleet oiler USS Chemung fueling a destroyer; and Time 03:07 to 03:20 attack transport USS James O'Hara, APA-90.
Convoy of warships headed for the Sicily Invasion (Operation Husky) Convoy UGF.9, in World War II
Sailors aboard the Destroyer USS Nelson, DD-623, being issued their battle gear. Sailor from ship's supply inserts liners into steel helmets and tosses one to each of several sailors on the deck of the destroyer, while underway in a convoy during World War 2. The sailors try on their helmets and adjust them to fit.They fasten their helmet chin straps.
The Allied invasion of Sicily during Operation Husky in World War II
British Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery are seen looking skyward. They stand on a field in front of a large formation of troops. Scene shifts to a seaport in North Africa, with Allied troop ships preparing to depart. A barrage balloon flies over the port. (Narrator notes that the armada includes ships of Britain, The United States, the Netherlands, Poland, Greece, the Indian navies, A warship sits in the water beside a large troop ship. A tugboat tows a large troop transport ship in the harbor. Cargo ships and a three stacker transport ship are seen. Two British battleships. Sailor using signal light to send a message. Two American destroyers in trail formation. U.S. Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt, Commander of the 8th Fleet, presents Lieutenant General George S. Patton, commander of U.S. forces, with a new battle flag. Views of ships in the invasion fleet. Transport ships anchor off the coast as they shuttle troops to the beaches in their landing ships. A landing ship flying the American flag. Naval guns fire barrages at the shore. As landing craft reach the beach, troops wade ashore through the surf. An army truck drives from a landing craft through the surf. Army truck and a jeep drive ashore from a large landing craft. Brief glimpse of Wading tanks leaving a tank carrier and driving ashore through the surf. Troops landing with dry feet from a beached landing craft. View of the city of Gela. Lieutenant George S. Patton climbs over the side of a ship and descends on a rope ladder to enter a Higgins boat that takes him to assume command of the invasion operations. Closeup of Lieutenant General Patton in the boat entering the harbor at Gela. He jumps from the boat as it reaches the beach. Local civilians view activities from the beach. DUKWs (amphibious trucks) drive ashore. Artillery pieces being towed ashore. American infantry entering the town of Gela. Military vehicles enter through rubble strewn streets. An M4 Sherman tank speeds along a road. Remains of an Italian armored train destroyed by Allied gunfire. American soldiers walk through areas destroyed by German bombing. American troops search buildings. Local Italian people mingling with American troops. Surrendered Italian troops march under guard along a street. Allied forces head toward Messina. A tracked gun carrier filled with troops in the back, moves along a street. U.S. infantry marching along a roadside. Army engineers clearing mine fields in advance of troops. Closeup of a buried mine being revealed. Major General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., Commander of the U.S 3rd Infantry Division, inspects Axis planes and hangars captured by American forces. Many undamaged aircraft are seen in revetments and simply parked on the airfield. Fuel arrives for Allied aircraft. British Fairey Firefly aircraft taking off. Dead Axis soldiers lying on the ground. Destroyed Axis military vehicles. A knocked out German Tiger tank. A DUKW drives past a damaged Axis armored vehicle. UN forces firing mortars from a field. A knocked out Axis armored vehicle. UN motorized gun carrier fires its gun. Allied infantry advancing.
P-38 aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Forces 14th Fighter Group fly various formations over Telergma airfield in Algeria, during World War II
Cameraman slate notes that subject matter deals with bombing missions over Sicily, Italy, during World War 2. View from ground as two flights of four P-38 aircraft, from the USAAF 14th Fighter Group, fly overhead in formation at their base, Telergma airfield in Algeria. Then more are seen flying in vertical stacked formation over the field. Two land side-by-side on dusty runway. A "V" formation of P-38s flies overhead. The formation comes in over the field and individual P-38s peel off and circle to land. P-38s buzz the field in pairs, and then in flights of four.